WordPress Domain Names and SEO implications

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  realstew · Member · Sep 10, 2013 at 10:46 pm

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  I have the domain name http://www.realstew.kiwi.nz and due to the domain name name it does rank well for searches on RealStew as you’d imagine.

  Now if i wanted to build a wordpress website at this http://www.realstew.kiwi.nz site, and use a free wordpress theme, do i have to “map an existing domain name which would then map back to http://www.realstew.wordpress.com ?

  If so, that would not be very helpful for SEO wouldn’t it?

  Completely new to WordPress too so much to learn!

  I found this great info here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/ however, but it doesn’t really answer my concerns about what that mapping an existing domain name back to a example.wordpress.com site would do for your search engine results rankings…?

  Any help much appreciated.

  Cheers
  Barron

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  auxclass · Member · Sep 10, 2013 at 10:59 pm

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  You would probably have a Terms of Service issue with http://www.realstew.kiwi.nz/ if I read it correctly and the site would be suspended

  the real reason that is sucks SEO is that you have no content on it – one single plain page – does not matter where you are hosted

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  auxclass · Member · Sep 10, 2013 at 11:00 pm

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  You might also review the TOS before you get too far along:

  http://en.wordpress.com/tos/
  http://wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/suspended-blogs/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/

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  realstew · Member · Sep 11, 2013 at 12:08 am

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  Thanks auxclass. Yes, i understand well about content indeed. My question was referring to the domain name of example.wordpress.com versus a (email visible only to moderators and staff) as i am unsure as to how an “example.wordpress.com” domain name would actually rank for SEO?

  Re TOS, one is allowed to have a commercial website using WordPress isn’t one? ! Not quite sure i understand what you mean?

  Cheers
  Barron

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  auxclass · Member · Sep 11, 2013 at 12:15 am

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  read through the links

  your.wordpress.com – bit better than your.com for SEO – but your.com has better identity